MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Ryne Stanek
Ryne Stanek
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Ryne Stanek wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Ryne Stanek
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Ryne Stanek
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Ryne Stanek
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Ryne Stanek
29.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Ryne Stanek
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Ryne Stanek
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Ryne Stanek
.312
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cade Smith
26.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Ryne Stanek
26.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.03
now 1.08
1.23
Ryne Stanek
.9002.03
now 1.76
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Ryne Stanek
4047.60
now 30
28
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ryne Stanek
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Ryne Stanek
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyne Stanek — hold.conf 0.50
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